Lyrics

We sent out the SOS callIt was a quarter past fourIn the morningWhen the storm broke our second anchor lineFour months at seaFour months of calm seasOnly to be pounded in the shallowsOff of the tip of Montauk Point

They call them roguesThey travel fast and aloneOne hundred foot facesOf God's good ocean gone wrongWhat they call love is a riskTo always get hitOut of nowhereBy some wave and end up on your own

The hole in the hull defied the crews attemptsTo bail us outAnd flooded the engines and radioAnd half buried bow

Your tongue is a rudderIt steers the whole shipSends your words past your lipsOr keeps them safe behind your teethBut the wrong words will strand youCome off course while you sleepSweep your boat out to seaOr dashed to bits on the reef

The vessel groansThe ocean pressures its frameOff the port I see the lighthouseThrough the sleet and the rainAnd I wish for one more dayTo give my love and repay debtsBut the morning finds our bodiesWashed up thirty miles west

They say that the captainStays fast with the shipThrough still and stormBut this ain't the DakotaThe water's cold (so cold)Won't have to fight for long

(This is the end)This story's old (this is the end)But it goes on and onUntil we disappear(This is the calm)Calm me and let me taste (this is the calm)The salt you breatheWhile you are underneath(We are the resin)I am the one who haunts your (we are the resin)Dreams of mountains sunkBelow the sea(After the storm)I spoke the words but never (after the storm)Gave a thought to what they all could mean(Rest here with me)I know that this (rest in the deep) is what you want(Washed up on the beach)A funeral keeps both of us apart(Washed up on the beach)You know that you are not aloneI need you like water in my lungsThis is the end

(This is the end)This story's old (this is the end)But it goes on and onUntil we disappear(This is the calm)Calm me and let me taste (this is the calm)The salt you breatheWhile you are underneath(We are the resin)I am the one who haunts your (we are the resin)Dreams of mountains sunkBelow the sea(After the storm)I spoke the words but never (after the storm)Gave a thought to what they all could mean(Rest here with me)I know that this (rest in the deep) is what you want(Washed up on the beach)A funeral keeps both of us apart(Washed up on the beach)You know that you are not aloneI need you like water in my lungsThis is the end

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